- Author
- Tu, K. M. | Quintiere, J. G.
- Title
- Wall Flame Heights.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. 1988 Technical Meeting. December 5-7, 1988, Clearwater Beach, FL, 71/1-4 p., 1988
- Keywords
- flame spread | walls | flame height | building materials | heat release rate | heat flux | fire tests
- Abstract
- In recent years, highly advanced production techniques have been developed in the building material industry. Interior finish materials and products, such as those installed in wall and ceiling applications, have been varied in type and in use. The indiscriminate use of wall material has the potential to cause high fire growth rates. Experience, observations and experimental tests also found that most wall materials require external heating to enable flame spread. As a result of this awareness, a limited amount of research and development have been undertaken to better understand the phenomenon of upward flame spread and attention has been focused on testing and assessing the flammability of the wall materials.